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it's because obama is irresolute. because obama won't spend enough money on the pentagon. now, is that legitimate? no. i think because we have an incredibly difficult adverse world we face there are no easy answers to that but you don't want to be the incumbent president saying that. you want to say no, that's not true. so i think obama probably has to pull the camera back a little bit and say now wait a minute. we went in on the side. we helped force mubarak of egypt, hosni mubarak, to step down. we joined this intervention in libya. is that a good thing? yes, it is. does it require patience from us? is it going to be difficult? yes, it does. those are much harder things to say than we're week, we're irresolute, we've got to spend more money. so in a way, even though i think the merits on obama's side, it's very easy now. it wasn't a few months ago for romney to mount an effective rhetorical attack on obama's foreign policy. >> we have the issue of the road map to peace. we'll see how that is brought up in monday's debate too. >> no good answer on that, right? >> james, w
it's because obama is irresolute. because obama won't spend enough money on the pentagon. now, is that legitimate? no. i think because we have an incredibly difficult adverse world we face there are no easy answers to that but you don't want to be the incumbent president saying that. you want to say no, that's not true. so i think obama probably has to pull the camera back a little bit and say now wait a minute. we went in on the side. we helped force mubarak of egypt, hosni mubarak, to step...
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president obama takes his plan to the people. the white house launches a new campaign to promote middle-class tax cuts, but are we closer to or further from the fiscal cliff? economist justin woolfers weighs in, jose diaz-balart on whether republican heard the wake-up call on immigration reform. there was a lot on the ballot this year but is the drug war over? we will ask knorr new york m-- new york magazine's benjamin wallace-wells about weed's new world order when "now" starts in 180 seconds. folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. how happy, ronny? happier than gallagher at a farmers' market. get happy. get geico. chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see how much you could save. >>> if we had only known yesterday what we know today or known yesterday that we didn't know then what we know today. wait. what? it's tuesday, november 27th. this is "now." >>> joining me today, mother jones washington bureau chief david corn. benjamin wallace-wells of "
president obama takes his plan to the people. the white house launches a new campaign to promote middle-class tax cuts, but are we closer to or further from the fiscal cliff? economist justin woolfers weighs in, jose diaz-balart on whether republican heard the wake-up call on immigration reform. there was a lot on the ballot this year but is the drug war over? we will ask knorr new york m-- new york magazine's benjamin wallace-wells about weed's new world order when "now" starts in...
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and out west in nevada, obama, 49%, romney, 47%. but while the president holds the overall edge, voters seem less sure as to which candidate would do a better job fixing the economy. in new hampshire, 49% believe that the president would do a better job than mitt romney. 46% believe that mitt romney would do a better job. in north carolina, 47% think that mitt romney's the man to fix the economy, slightly ahead of president obama there who's at 46%. and back out to nevada, 46% think that mitt romney will do a better job, and 47% in nevada think the president can better handle the problems in the economy. that's a question of particular interest in nevada, with of course the housing crisis being at its worst there and unemployment also being above the national average. so does mitt romney have time to make up the difference when it comes to the horse race? here's what nate silver, "the new york times" numbers guru and keeper of the famous 538 blog told nbc's david gregory for the press pass. >> you haven't it now, and that was damagi
and out west in nevada, obama, 49%, romney, 47%. but while the president holds the overall edge, voters seem less sure as to which candidate would do a better job fixing the economy. in new hampshire, 49% believe that the president would do a better job than mitt romney. 46% believe that mitt romney would do a better job. in north carolina, 47% think that mitt romney's the man to fix the economy, slightly ahead of president obama there who's at 46%. and back out to nevada, 46% think that mitt...
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from the guardian, mitt romney's olympic blunder stuns number ten and hands gift to obama. from the mail online, mitt romney's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day in london. and the sun, mitt the twit. prime minister david cameron and london mayor boris johnson didn't let romney's comments slide either. >> we are holding an olympic games in one of the busiest most active bustling cities anywhere in the world and of course it's easier if you hold the olympic games in the middle of nowhere. >> i hear there's a guy called mitt romney who wants to know whether we're ready. he wants to know whether we're ready. are we ready? are we ready? >> nbc's peter alexander is traveling with the campaign and has more now from london. >> reporter: thomas, good day to you. just hours before the opening ceremony tonight where in attendance will be myth and his wife ann romney. this effort to come overseas his first test on the world stage during this campaign has not generated the kinds of headlines the campaign was looking for. this was intended to be a risk averse trip, a chance his a
from the guardian, mitt romney's olympic blunder stuns number ten and hands gift to obama. from the mail online, mitt romney's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day in london. and the sun, mitt the twit. prime minister david cameron and london mayor boris johnson didn't let romney's comments slide either. >> we are holding an olympic games in one of the busiest most active bustling cities anywhere in the world and of course it's easier if you hold the olympic games in the middle of...
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. >> chris, is this really a gift to team obama and do they need to even say anything just let it play out as it is? >> what do you need to say? i mean, i know people are going to hate that i'm going to say this. mitt romney does deserve the gold medal for gaffes. if you look at the reality what he did, it kind of reinforces his narrative about romney he's not a discipline candidate, that he's not focused on, you know, delivering a message and that's problematic to say the least domestically but when you go overseas and in particular in really sensitive spots like israel, you know, you can actually cause international incidents and it just shows you he's not ready for primetime and for someone who likes to talk about their experience and their background it just, i think, is a serious crack. >> the president is out today with his own ad that will run during the olympic opening ceremony. i want to show everybody a preview. take a look. >> i believe that the way you grow the economy is from the middle out. i believe in fighting for the middle class because if they are prospering all of u
. >> chris, is this really a gift to team obama and do they need to even say anything just let it play out as it is? >> what do you need to say? i mean, i know people are going to hate that i'm going to say this. mitt romney does deserve the gold medal for gaffes. if you look at the reality what he did, it kind of reinforces his narrative about romney he's not a discipline candidate, that he's not focused on, you know, delivering a message and that's problematic to say the least...
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i'm first lady michelle obama. i would like to invite the readers of "parents" magazine to join me in making small but very important changes to help us live a healthier life. >> dana, good to have you here. ipad friendly. right? >> to point out to everybody. >> yes. >> so you conducted this one on one interview with the first lady several weeks ago. let's talk about not only did you discuss her leadership style but why she feels so passionate about wanting to take on this mantle of addressing what is a national crisis for so many people, childhood obesity? >> i think the obamas have -- been a lot of instances where they said that something is personal and it is also sort of national. and this is the case. you know, i think her awareness as they told white house we first interviewed them four years ago of weight and childhood obesity was first something that started in the family and then sort of spread from there. you don't have to look far. the institute of medicine released a report last week showing what a huge
i'm first lady michelle obama. i would like to invite the readers of "parents" magazine to join me in making small but very important changes to help us live a healthier life. >> dana, good to have you here. ipad friendly. right? >> to point out to everybody. >> yes. >> so you conducted this one on one interview with the first lady several weeks ago. let's talk about not only did you discuss her leadership style but why she feels so passionate about wanting to...
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you saw that a little bit yesterday with president obama and also boehner. they're both negotiating in public to figure out there will be tax increases at some kind, and the question is where do they start? the president is at 400,000 and boehner is at 1 million. the president is flustered and he feels he's giving enough and boehner is resisting because of the tea party members in his house. >> right now the republican brand is taking a hit about being too extreme and the new cnn/orc poll finding americans do think the republican party is too extreme. we have congressman john fleming telling roll call of today's vote, i think there's sort of an intuitive feeling on our side and i don't necessarily agree with it that we want to mitigate as much damage as possible. chip, is that what's behind this strategy here? does speaker john boehner have a bigger play in mind? something for the longer game? >> think that may have something to do with it, but the speaker does have a longer game in mind and revenue has to start in the house and this is a starting point as f
you saw that a little bit yesterday with president obama and also boehner. they're both negotiating in public to figure out there will be tax increases at some kind, and the question is where do they start? the president is at 400,000 and boehner is at 1 million. the president is flustered and he feels he's giving enough and boehner is resisting because of the tea party members in his house. >> right now the republican brand is taking a hit about being too extreme and the new cnn/orc poll...
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neither has president barack obama. he has not given up. he continues, he continues to be driven by the character of his convictions. and folks, in the end, that's what the presidency is all about. your character, your convictions, and one more important thing. it's about your vision for the future of america. and here the candidates for president have fundamentally different visions for the future of this country. by the way, i think mitt romney is a fine family man. i believe he's driven by what he believes. but the differences are so basic about how we view the future of america. let me give you just a few examples. an education, we see education as central to the vision of how do we ensure america throughout the 21st century. we see education as the single most important criteria for minority children. we see education, we see a future where once again america has the highest percentage of college graduates in the world. a future where graduation rates aren't because of your background. a future where everyone, everyone has access to ed
neither has president barack obama. he has not given up. he continues, he continues to be driven by the character of his convictions. and folks, in the end, that's what the presidency is all about. your character, your convictions, and one more important thing. it's about your vision for the future of america. and here the candidates for president have fundamentally different visions for the future of this country. by the way, i think mitt romney is a fine family man. i believe he's driven by...
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bush, and president obama walk into a room. this is not the beginning of a joke, but something that is happening right at this very moment. our 43rd president is at the white house for the unveiling of his oil portrait, and a luncheon hosted by our 44th president. our 41st president presumably tries to mediate the awkwardness of this moment with his best dan quayle jokes? it's thursday, may 31st, and this is "now." >>> joining me today is david corn of mother jones, new york daily news columnist s.e. cupp, mort zuckerman, and the publisher of the new york daily news and se cupp's boss, and former senior adviser to the obama/biden 2008 campaign, patty doyle. when you are bad mouthing someone for monthshat do you serve when they come for lunch? george w. bush and his father and the former first ladies will sit down to eat with president obama and mrs. obama. the former presidents are at the white house for the unveiling of bush 43's portraits. adding tension to the lunch is the fact that while the president is running against mit
bush, and president obama walk into a room. this is not the beginning of a joke, but something that is happening right at this very moment. our 43rd president is at the white house for the unveiling of his oil portrait, and a luncheon hosted by our 44th president. our 41st president presumably tries to mediate the awkwardness of this moment with his best dan quayle jokes? it's thursday, may 31st, and this is "now." >>> joining me today is david corn of mother jones, new york...
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the election is obama's to lose. the reason they are tied is because many americans are dissatisfied with the president's handling of the economy and jobs. while we may point out the weaknesses of mitt romney he does not have it to lose. it is president obama. we go into a presidential election. >> as the incumbent. our power panel for today. thank you to all three of you. now that mitt romney has clinched the delegates needed to seal the nomination what is on the checklist. peter alexander joins me to talk about the calendar. it is official. what is next? >> a good question. a lot of the conversation today is about what happened in vegas last night with donald trump. the campaign would tell you there are priorities right now. we will put some on the screen. one of the priorities right now is what beth myers is doing which is vetting price presidential possibilities. most significantly perhaps is fundraising. that is why the romney campaign has made it clear though they didn't want trump to get out of hand in the way
the election is obama's to lose. the reason they are tied is because many americans are dissatisfied with the president's handling of the economy and jobs. while we may point out the weaknesses of mitt romney he does not have it to lose. it is president obama. we go into a presidential election. >> as the incumbent. our power panel for today. thank you to all three of you. now that mitt romney has clinched the delegates needed to seal the nomination what is on the checklist. peter...
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obama fear driving social conservatives. conservatives who aren't necessarily enthusiastic about mitt romney but have banded together because they really can't stand the. president is that a good enough strategy to win an election, nia-malika? >> no, it's not a good enough strategy. again, you haven't seen romney be able to grow his base of support beyond those social conservatives, fiscal conservatives, southern republicans. you haven't seen him be able to expand to states like ohio, to states like virginia, to african-americans, to latinos. you'll see him out in los angeles talking to latinos today, but it hasn't been a consistent strategy, and that's why you see these huge gaps among latinos, among women. that's where this election is going to be won or lost. this idea that all of the sudden an social conservative is very ramped up, well, they were probably going to vote for romney anyway. i just don't think this it idea that their fear and hatred, really, of this president is going to be enough to really carry mitt romne
obama fear driving social conservatives. conservatives who aren't necessarily enthusiastic about mitt romney but have banded together because they really can't stand the. president is that a good enough strategy to win an election, nia-malika? >> no, it's not a good enough strategy. again, you haven't seen romney be able to grow his base of support beyond those social conservatives, fiscal conservatives, southern republicans. you haven't seen him be able to expand to states like ohio, to...
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mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? open enrollment is here. the time to choose your medicare coverage begins october 15th and ends december 7th. so call to enroll in a plan that could give you the benefits and stability you're looking for, an aarp medicarecomplete plan insured through unitedhealthcare. what makes it complete? it can combines medicare parts a and b, which is your hospital and doctor coverage with part d prescription drug coverage, and more, all in one simple plan starting at a zero dollar monthly premium -- no more than what you already pay for medicare part b. an aarp medicarecomplete plan offers you benefits like an annual physical, preventive screenings and immunizations for a $0 copay. you'll also have the flexibility to change doctors from a network of providers dedicated to helping you stay healthy. there's more. when you enroll in an aarp medicarecomplete pl
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nevermind that recovery was what all of america expected are the barack obama. you see, he wants us to forget all of these things and lately, he has been trying out a new tactic, and it is a classic barack obama strawman. if anyone dares to point out the facts of his record, why then, they are just being negative and pessimistic about the country. the new strawman is people hoping for the decline of america. you know, it is pretty sad, but this is theest that president obama can come these days to sounding positive himself. but we have to face up to all of what has gone wrong in the last four years so that the next four years can be better. ladies and gentlemen, we cannot afford the make economic failure a two-term proposition. >> i want to go to the white house where jay carney is taking questions over libya. >> i explained last week that it is obviously a complex piece of business and that we would have it by the end of this week, and we are releasing it in later today. >> yes. jay, as you know the unrest in the middle east is spreading to other u.s. embassies
nevermind that recovery was what all of america expected are the barack obama. you see, he wants us to forget all of these things and lately, he has been trying out a new tactic, and it is a classic barack obama strawman. if anyone dares to point out the facts of his record, why then, they are just being negative and pessimistic about the country. the new strawman is people hoping for the decline of america. you know, it is pretty sad, but this is theest that president obama can come these days...
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president obama and this cabinet stood by her. >> mrs. rice is extraordinary. i couldn't be prouder of the job that she has done. [ applause ] >> and joining me now from the white house, nbc news correspondent viqueira. vic, will the gop continue its pile-on of the ambassador? will it have the opposite effect of hardening the president and daring him essentially to select her for secretary of state perhaps? >> well, you know, it's hard to say exactly what is going through the president's mind at this point. a lot of people think that he is really under the gun to make an appointment, but hillary clinton is still the secretary of state. he may have some time yet. perhaps even as much as a month or up to the inauguration on january 20th. so there is that. second of all, susan rice made that pilgrimage, if you will, up to the senate after all the criticism that she got from john mccain and lindsey graham and other key republican senators after her appearance on the sunday shows talking about the incident in benghazi. they were so angry because they say she dissemi
president obama and this cabinet stood by her. >> mrs. rice is extraordinary. i couldn't be prouder of the job that she has done. [ applause ] >> and joining me now from the white house, nbc news correspondent viqueira. vic, will the gop continue its pile-on of the ambassador? will it have the opposite effect of hardening the president and daring him essentially to select her for secretary of state perhaps? >> well, you know, it's hard to say exactly what is going through the...
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president obama didn't. in this debate president obama had a strategy. you could see all throughout the debate. >> president obama i thought strategically had a good debate. >> at the top of the hour we're also watching this. any minute the kickoff of a post-debate campaign event. paul ryan will be stumping in ohio with condoleezza rice. we'll go live in that warrants. but now to ed shultz host of "the ed show." we were talking about after the last presidential debate. did he bring the fire he demanded? you were upset the last one. >> i don't think the president left too much on the table last night. it's hard to win in 90 minutes. that's president came damn close. in the midst of all that in the president' performance, mitt romney created two new problems for himself on women and immigration. the problem with women has nothing to do with contraception it's now how they're viewed in the workplace. they're out there talking about what he really thought of lilly ledbetter. he wasn't for it, but now he's not going to repeal it. last night when he had a chan
president obama didn't. in this debate president obama had a strategy. you could see all throughout the debate. >> president obama i thought strategically had a good debate. >> at the top of the hour we're also watching this. any minute the kickoff of a post-debate campaign event. paul ryan will be stumping in ohio with condoleezza rice. we'll go live in that warrants. but now to ed shultz host of "the ed show." we were talking about after the last presidential debate. did...
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i'm making sure everybody votes for president obama. >> mitt romney with a face-off with president obama. will he keep that edge? more ahead in the war room. then a little bit later bill clinton has got some big plans to rock out on behalf of president obama. who's going to be playing with him? might surprise you just a bit. this is msnb skr. clinton has got some big plans ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. jie i'm craig melvin. who are those joining the president? coming up. >>> does a flip-flopper no longer work in campaign? we'll talk about that. you're on msnbc, the place for politics. p says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy
i'm making sure everybody votes for president obama. >> mitt romney with a face-off with president obama. will he keep that edge? more ahead in the war room. then a little bit later bill clinton has got some big plans to rock out on behalf of president obama. who's going to be playing with him? might surprise you just a bit. this is msnb skr. clinton has got some big plans ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help...
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. >>> back here the obama administration continues to try to bring peace to the region. hostilities broke out, president obama dispatched his top diplomat hillary clinton, to calm tensions on wednesday in cairo. she, of course announced that cease-fire standing alongside her egyptian counterpart. >> the people of this region deserve the chance to live free from fear and violence and today's agreement is a step in the right direction that we should build on. >> so how has the administration faired? its reaction to the crisis and what is the path forward for the white house when it comes to trying to achieve a lasting peace in the middle east? to talk about it i'm joined by politico's edward icing, and reuters jeff mason. good afternoon to both of you. >> happy black friday to you. >> happy black trito you as well. let me start with you, how has the administration fared in its reaction to the crisis so far? is it too early to judge? >> it's been a very difficult situation for them. the president was on the phone many times with the egyptian president trying to sort out wha
. >>> back here the obama administration continues to try to bring peace to the region. hostilities broke out, president obama dispatched his top diplomat hillary clinton, to calm tensions on wednesday in cairo. she, of course announced that cease-fire standing alongside her egyptian counterpart. >> the people of this region deserve the chance to live free from fear and violence and today's agreement is a step in the right direction that we should build on. >> so how has...
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president obama and his party controlled everything. the obama economic agenda did not fail because it was stopped, it failed because it was passed. >> today we also learned who congressman ryan's debate practice partner will be. there he is. ted olson. former solicitor general under president george w. bush. he will be playing the role of joe biden in mock debates. congressman ryan and vice president biden will face off just one time three weeks from now. meanwhile, the obama campaign is out with a new ad today. it's a response to governor romney who has been asking americans if they are better off now than they were four years ago. >> here's where we are today. 30 months of private sector job growth. creating 4.6 million new jobs. we're not there yet, but the real question is whose plan is better for you. the president's plan asks millionaires to pay a little more, to help invest in a strong middle class. >> we'll have more on these stories coming up. president obama not on the campaign trail, but he has a busy week ahead of him. and
president obama and his party controlled everything. the obama economic agenda did not fail because it was stopped, it failed because it was passed. >> today we also learned who congressman ryan's debate practice partner will be. there he is. ted olson. former solicitor general under president george w. bush. he will be playing the role of joe biden in mock debates. congressman ryan and vice president biden will face off just one time three weeks from now. meanwhile, the obama campaign is...
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we will re-elect president obama. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, virginia. are you fired up? are you ready to go? i can't hear you. >> well, it is -- it's good to be back. thank you. >> four more years! >> can everybody please give cecil a big round of applause for the great introduction and the work she does? we've got your congressman here, jerry connelly in the house. 18 days. 18 days, virginia. 18 days and you're going to step into a voting booth and you're going to have a very big choice to make. not just a choice between two candidates or two parties, but between two fundamentally different visions for this country that we love. you know, governor romney's got his sales pitch. we heard it the other night in the debate and he's been running around talking about his five-point plan for the economy. don't boo, vote. vote. he wants you to believe that somehow he'll create 12 million jobs, cut taxes by $5 trillion, even though it favors the wealthiest americans. none o
we will re-elect president obama. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, virginia. are you fired up? are you ready to go? i can't hear you. >> well, it is -- it's good to be back. thank you. >> four more years! >> can everybody please give cecil a big round of applause for the great introduction and the work she does? we've got your congressman here, jerry connelly in the house. 18 days. 18 days, virginia. 18 days and you're going...
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egypt be more long term worry for the obama administration? >> well, the biggest concern is that as egypt goes, so goes rest of the region. 70 million people and most powerful of the arab states. but also a bellwether as it was in the early days of the arab spring. i think the concern about both the way the president characterized egypt's role and the way egypt's regarded today is that it could become more like pakistan. in other words, an ally in name, but worrying about what they are allowing to fester within the country itself. and you have seen president morsi walk this extraordinarily careful line between not wanting to walk away from the united states or the aid package and so forth, but also he's the first representative of the muslim brotherhood ever to take power. and he's got a base he has to worry about. >> john mccain appeared on "morning joe" today. i want to play for everybody what he said about the spreading turmoil now that we see rioters in the streets. >> the united states in the middle e we are seen as withdrawing and we are
egypt be more long term worry for the obama administration? >> well, the biggest concern is that as egypt goes, so goes rest of the region. 70 million people and most powerful of the arab states. but also a bellwether as it was in the early days of the arab spring. i think the concern about both the way the president characterized egypt's role and the way egypt's regarded today is that it could become more like pakistan. in other words, an ally in name, but worrying about what they are...
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the obama strategy is to open all of these field offices. they view it as talking neighbor to neighbor, doing lots of door knocking. they have phone apps. you can dial up who's not been contacted in your area, go out and knock on the door. do it on a very personal level. the republicans are targeting their message for each region of ohio. for instance, the southeast ohio they're really hammering the coal issue. also cultural issues because there are a lot of democrats in southeastern ohio but not many liberal democrats. >> you also say that because of regionality of ohio, 96 field offices, three times the number that romney has, does that mean he can be more segmented in his messaging? >> it does. in some ways that's a little misleading because the romney people are using republican hea headquarters. they have these little offices in a box. they set up instant phone banks, what have you. they're very mobile. they can get around the state. it's two competing things. i guess we'll see on november 7th which is better. >> right. you know ohio se
the obama strategy is to open all of these field offices. they view it as talking neighbor to neighbor, doing lots of door knocking. they have phone apps. you can dial up who's not been contacted in your area, go out and knock on the door. do it on a very personal level. the republicans are targeting their message for each region of ohio. for instance, the southeast ohio they're really hammering the coal issue. also cultural issues because there are a lot of democrats in southeastern ohio but...
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and mitt romney appeared in florida, launching a preemptive attack on the obama administration. >> the first response of the united states must be outrage of the breach of the sovereignty of our nation. an apology for american values is never the right course. as i watched over the passed 3 1/2 years, the president has had some successes and failures, and it's a hit or miss approach, but not based upon sound foreign policy. >> here is the statement released just before midnight that kicked off the campaign bickering. romney saying it's disgraceful that obama's administration's first response was not to condemn the attack but to sympathize with those that waged attacks. >> hillary clinton expressing our profound sadness over the deaths of the americans, including ambassador stevens. >> today many americans are asking, indeed, i asked myself, how could this happen? how could this happen in a country we helped liberate in a city we helped save from destruction? >>> the protests sparked by outrage over a film made by an israeli filmmaker in california, and the film sparking outrage in neig
and mitt romney appeared in florida, launching a preemptive attack on the obama administration. >> the first response of the united states must be outrage of the breach of the sovereignty of our nation. an apology for american values is never the right course. as i watched over the passed 3 1/2 years, the president has had some successes and failures, and it's a hit or miss approach, but not based upon sound foreign policy. >> here is the statement released just before midnight that...
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barack obama, more spending, more debt. failing american families. >>> and all this comes as the campaigns try to seize control of the foreign policy narrative. both the anti-u.s. outrage that's headwindered the u.s. mission in the middle east, as well as increasing pressure on the obama administration from israel to get tougher on iran. for mitt romney, this may be what politico calls the highest-stakes 24 hours since the announcement of paul ryan as vp. >> he's a horrible candidate. he's got perhaps one of the worst-run presidential campaigns in modern american history. but now it's the pollsters' fault -- >> i think it's too early to write off the romney campaign. >> you send signals to elites, andrea mitchell, people like that. that you have an actual foreign policy plan that's different than the incumbent party and you're going to make changes. i don't think governor romney's pulled off either. >> let's get straight to the road and to nbc's kristen welker live in cincinnati where the president will make remarks in the
barack obama, more spending, more debt. failing american families. >>> and all this comes as the campaigns try to seize control of the foreign policy narrative. both the anti-u.s. outrage that's headwindered the u.s. mission in the middle east, as well as increasing pressure on the obama administration from israel to get tougher on iran. for mitt romney, this may be what politico calls the highest-stakes 24 hours since the announcement of paul ryan as vp. >> he's a horrible...
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the obama campaign and everybody else on the left is saying that it was 47th. your colleaguing at "the globe" found there's truth to both of these claims. so break down the new math that everyone's using here. >> well, first of all it's funny to hear alice say that, where she spent the whole winter trashing mitt romney's record, now she's a supporter of his and making the exact opposite argument. there's actually truth in a lot of these statistics. when democrats hit mitt romney for having an economy, running a state that was 47th out of 50th in job creation that's true, over the span of his four-year term. when you have people like alice and eric fernstrom and romney spokesmen saying when he left office the state was 30th in job creation, that's also true so you have to look at the context of a four-year span or look at it in his last year in office, and i think inarguably over the four years he was in office he was starting with a budget deficit and a budget crisis, and he transitioned out of it, but part of the way he did it was by raising fees, almost by $1
the obama campaign and everybody else on the left is saying that it was 47th. your colleaguing at "the globe" found there's truth to both of these claims. so break down the new math that everyone's using here. >> well, first of all it's funny to hear alice say that, where she spent the whole winter trashing mitt romney's record, now she's a supporter of his and making the exact opposite argument. there's actually truth in a lot of these statistics. when democrats hit mitt romney...
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and then pivots to barack obama. so the obama campaign really playing up the clinton speech. and i think the romney campaign if they wind up losing will look back three months and say what a that is it was to build up bill clinton as this truth sayer for the republican party to say, oh, barack obama's in the like bill clinton. the problem is bill clinton's alive and he can speak for himself. it's not the same as democrats trying to invoke ronald reagan. if reagan was alive, he would probably make the case for mitt romney, but chin linton can make case for himself. >> and it also doesn't help the republican cause that he is undeniably the most popular living politician there is. thank you, sir. appreciate your saturday work. we'll talk to you later today. >>> new poll numbers show one presidential candidate is gaining ground on the issue for voters. the economy. it's the economy, stupid. details on that straight ahead. and a little bit later, you will never get who this is. here's a hint. she spoke at the dnc in charlotte last week. she did not have that hair to then, though.
and then pivots to barack obama. so the obama campaign really playing up the clinton speech. and i think the romney campaign if they wind up losing will look back three months and say what a that is it was to build up bill clinton as this truth sayer for the republican party to say, oh, barack obama's in the like bill clinton. the problem is bill clinton's alive and he can speak for himself. it's not the same as democrats trying to invoke ronald reagan. if reagan was alive, he would probably...
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i think early on maybe they could run just as we're not obama and running on the economy and obama's had four years, give us a chance. but right now, i think voters have certainly tuned in after the convention. obama had a very convincing convention speech and got him a bump that romney didn't get. right now, they have to have some sort of, well, vote for us instead of obama and here's why you should vote for us. they have to get into specifics especially on the economy that remains the number one issue on voters mind even though other issues like foreign policy is creeping up. >> jonathan, is it too late to start giving folks details. >> no, it's not. i think because it's only 45 days, you don't have a lot of -- you're running out of runway to get that plane off the ground. we know what paul ryan was do to bring down the deficit. there was his road map for america. there was his path to prosperity. we know what kind of cuts he wants to make. we also know and congressman ryan knows that the decisions that he would make are extremely unpopular. that's why they're not talking specifics
i think early on maybe they could run just as we're not obama and running on the economy and obama's had four years, give us a chance. but right now, i think voters have certainly tuned in after the convention. obama had a very convincing convention speech and got him a bump that romney didn't get. right now, they have to have some sort of, well, vote for us instead of obama and here's why you should vote for us. they have to get into specifics especially on the economy that remains the number...
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president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> welcome back. here is something for the candidates to keep in mind as they head to florida for their final face to face before election day. this headline in the mime herald, foreign policy is a local issue in south florida. meanwhile president obama and governor romney have both picked up big endorsements from florida's largest newspapers. president obama the tampa bay times and governor romney the "orlando sentinel." romney also picked up the tampa trib. ohio papers handed out sbe endorsements. "cleveland plain dealer" backing prsident obama and columbus dispatch backing romney. ballots are being cast before election day in seven of nine battleground states. virginia and new hampshire don't have early in person voting. so just moments ago president obama left camp david and they are hitting back on accusations he's failed to lay out an agenda for a second term. >> he has laid out a second term agenda. it was a big part of the convention speech. it was a reason we got such a bump out of the conven
president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> welcome back. here is something for the candidates to keep in mind as they head to florida for their final face to face before election day. this headline in the mime herald, foreign policy is a local issue in south florida. meanwhile president obama and governor romney have both picked up big endorsements from florida's largest newspapers. president obama the tampa bay times and governor romney the "orlando...
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president obama not condemning the libyan government. >> today we mourn for more americans that represent the best of the united states of america. we will not waiver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act and make no mistake, justice will be done. >> this is on the heels of romney's slamming the president's response which became a fierce back and forth between the two campaigns. and mitt romney appeared in florida, launching a preemptive attack on the obama administration. >> the first response of the united states must be outrage of the breach of the sovereignty of our nation. an apology for american values is never the right course. as i watched over the passed 3 1/2 years, the president has had some successes and failures, and it's a hit or miss approach, but not based upon sound foreign policy. >> here is the statement released just before midnight that kicked off the campaign bickering. romney saying it's disgraceful that obama's administration's first response was not to condemn the attack but to sympathize with those that waged attacks. >> hillary clin
president obama not condemning the libyan government. >> today we mourn for more americans that represent the best of the united states of america. we will not waiver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act and make no mistake, justice will be done. >> this is on the heels of romney's slamming the president's response which became a fierce back and forth between the two campaigns. and mitt romney appeared in florida, launching a preemptive attack on the...
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the toughest in history under the obama administration. so, what could a romney presidency do differently than what we have witnessed? >> well, you know, there's a good argument that much of this will be political rhetoric. it clearly no one thinks that employing convention power against iranian nuclear facilities is a way to move forward. nobody want it is israelis to attack with conventional military power at this time. and by the way, i think the iranians are going nuclear regardless of the stranglehold on them. governor romney's in a tenuous position. he won't want to provide a clear alternative. the american people won't vote for a war. >> all right. so one thing i think a lot of people will remember if they've seen the now infamous secret tape. 47% remark in florida where mitt romney did discuss the current situation in the middle east and the wording he used in reference to that saying, we just have to live with certain things that are going on there. the cycle of violence that we have been seeing. now calling for beginning anew. ki
the toughest in history under the obama administration. so, what could a romney presidency do differently than what we have witnessed? >> well, you know, there's a good argument that much of this will be political rhetoric. it clearly no one thinks that employing convention power against iranian nuclear facilities is a way to move forward. nobody want it is israelis to attack with conventional military power at this time. and by the way, i think the iranians are going nuclear regardless...
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he attacked the obama administration. that's what we see time and time again by the radical romney plan is that they have no specifics. the fact of the matter is over the last 31 months, we've had private sector job growth, created 5.1 million new jobs. and as of last friday, we had the lowest unemployment rate we've enjoyed in the last four years. does more need to happen? of course it does. but that's why the president is going to win virginia, because he is talking about growing the middle class out and talking about job creation and strengthening our economy in ways that will invest for the future. he has a plan. the other side doesn't. it's resonating in virginia. and we're going to make history again in virginia and deliver to it barack obama. >> corey, the thinking was at the beginning of this campaign, the thinking was that the governor would be able to essentially run on the economy, that the unemployment numbers and that people's perceptions of the economy, that they were going to be in such shambles that that w
he attacked the obama administration. that's what we see time and time again by the radical romney plan is that they have no specifics. the fact of the matter is over the last 31 months, we've had private sector job growth, created 5.1 million new jobs. and as of last friday, we had the lowest unemployment rate we've enjoyed in the last four years. does more need to happen? of course it does. but that's why the president is going to win virginia, because he is talking about growing the middle...
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president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> we have got any math teachers out there? you can go ahead and look in this plan. and you'll see that the numbers work. i won't be running the okey-doek on you. >> that's president obama earlier and do we have this right now? we've got the live pictures coming in to us of vice president biden in ohio. that was president obama appearing in delray beach, florida, earlier this morning, starting now on the six-state post-debate swing. vice president biden, though, will be in ohio over the next three days. certainly we know ohio one of the most critical battleground states. more now on whether last night's debate changed the direction of the presidential race. joining me now, ron reagan, the son of the former president and a former radio talk show host and contributor and megan mccain, daughter of john mccain and a contributor of msnbc. i want to start with the grades of the candidates. last week, megan, you gave president obama a b and mitt romney a b-minus. did
president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> we have got any math teachers out there? you can go ahead and look in this plan. and you'll see that the numbers work. i won't be running the okey-doek on you. >> that's president obama earlier and do we have this right now? we've got the live pictures coming in to us of vice president biden in ohio. that was president obama appearing in delray beach, florida, earlier this morning, starting now on the six-state...